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Here are a few pictures from my outdoor league's All Star game we played at Soldier Field. What an awesome experience!

Haha. I wasn't even in the paint. I won't lie I did cut hard towards the net, but he dove out pretty far.

Here are some pics of me sporting our new away sweaters. The last 2 are a sequence of events of me cutting hard to the net and the goalie diving at me. He got the worst of that exchange, but he did make the save.

Picked up some new X60 pro's on clearance for $100 shipped from purehockey.com My little guy is 7 months right now and I already told the wife that next Christmas he'll be getting his first pair of skates.

Those are sick!

Very cool man. Myself and a bunch of guys rented an hour of ice at Soldier Field. They are hosting the Windy City Classic there this year. Should be a great time.

Thanks khay, congrats on the win!

Here is a picture of my team's representatives before our league's All Star Game. I'm the captain in the middle.

Quality is for sure top down. I can agree with that. I would also agree that an employee needs to be careful when trying to be helpful. You can come up and ask me and I will politely tell you I am good for now, but thanks for asking, but I know there are certain customer's who can't even be bothered by that question, b/c they think you are pressuring them. This is not the employees fault as they are supposed to ask, but it is a balancing act. If I need help I will ask for it, but I am not bothered by people approaching me looking to help.

There are 2 chains in the Chicagoland area one is very chain like and one is more mom and pop-ish. The chain store has a larger selection and there is a better chance of things being put on sale. The other mom and pop shop has much more helpful staff, but less inventory and sales. I can not stand the staff at the chain store. The kids there are nice enough but many of them do not know what they are talking about. The manager there is a jerk. I've dealt with him a few times and the experience was not good. One time I went to store intending buy pants and I needed to speak to an employee to see if they had them in a different color. Well I walked around for about 20 minutes trying to get someones attention, but no one would help me. It was busy and most of the staff were helping people, but there were a couple of employees who were not doing anything urgent but they could not be bothered to help me. I ended up walking out with nothing after spending a half an hour there. That chain lost at least $75 of my money, maybe more. The other mom and pop store has great friendly staff that is always willing to help. I went there to check out the Nexus 1000 stick last week and I asked an employee if he had tried it. He had not but he told what other employees had said about it. He then taped one up for me to take shots with. Right then and there I was sold. They cut off the end for me and I was on my way. The chain store is 15min from my house and the other shop is at least 45. I'm not going back to the chain again.

Picked up a Nexus 1000 over the weekend. P88 /77 Flex/ Griptec

I've only skated in them once but so far so good. I have never picked up a pant and been surprised by how light they were before I picked these up.

I picked these up over the weekend b/c I was looking to get a pair of lighter CCMs. I could not believe how light these were and they still seem as protective as my U+09s, maybe a hair less. They seemed so light I actually looked up the weight and it was 2.53 lbs, which is actually a few grams less that the Crazy Light ones, which are at 2.86. Now the CL line has more protection, but since I play beer league I should be fine. Anyways they are the new U+12's and at $90 they'll be worth it if they hold up. Sorry for the grainy cell phone photo.

Here I am in my new setup:

Here is a pic of me trying to go high glove side. Goalie got it though.